I’m rating this one almost simply for how hilarious it was that I misunderstood the true meaning of “consort’ in the title. It's not just a sci-fi term for 'diplomat'.


I really enjoyed Mickey7 when I read it, but I think I might like The Fourth Consort even better. Maybe because of how much I love Futurama, and imagine the main character Dalton as a more competent Fry and Beaker as Leela, and all of the minarchs as Zoidberg. It was a difficult image to erase from my head once it stuck.

This was laugh-out-loud funny, and made me think which is my favorite type of sci-fi. Edward, you have done it again with this one.